NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running

sethmiya1994 August 27, 2024, 9:48am 1

I used ubuntu 22.04 and installed the latest drivers as well but could not solve this error yet

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